Japanese Scientists Develop Robotic Face Run by Computer
From Times staff and wire reports
A face robot with skin made of silicon and muscles of aluminum pistons can show its emotions by smiling or frowning and may one day help users talk as quickly and easily to machines as they do with people, according to researchers at the Tokyo University of Science.
After three years of development, the machine, with prompting from its mainframe computer, can express six emotions: anger, sadness, fear, surprise, happiness and disgust. The robot, which has a woman’s face and hairstyle, sees through tiny video cameras mounted behind its eyeballs. The research team hopes that with the help of a more powerful computer and more research, it might one day talk as well.
